How To's
The following "How-To's" are a collection of step-by-step presentations on performing various tasks. Adobe Flash is required to view these presentations.
Archiving E-mail with Microsoft Outlook
Background: Large e-mail attachments are not rare in this day and age, and neither are the chance that you receive a steady stream of these attachments. As many have found, your mailbox can fill up fast and can cause your mailbox to close if you go over the quota limit. Archiving e-mail is fast and easy and is the recommended method compared to Auto Archiving.
How-To: Auto-Archiving E-mail in Microsoft Outlook
Burning a CD in Windows XP
Background: CD-ROM discs are cheap and plentiful, and with Windows XP are extremely easy to write. Out with the floppy, in the CD-ROM!
How-To: Burning a CD in Windows XP
Changing a Removable Disk's Drive Letter in Windows XP
Background: In addition to CD-ROM's, removable storage devices such as USB flash drives are quickly becoming the preferred method of transferring files. USB flash drives allow a large amount of data to be transported quickly, and can be overwritten, something CD-ROMs cannot do. One issue that can often happen with removable disk devices is that the drive letter automatically assigned already exists (F: drive!). This how-to shows you how to change a removable disk drive letter to make it accessible.
How-To: Changing a Removal Disk Drive Letter
Out of Office Reply in Web Outlook
Background: It is a professional recommendation to change your voice mail greeting and e-mail auto-reply when you will be out of the office. Replacing your standard greetings with a note of what dates you will be out of the office and who to contact in your absence can make the difference when someone is trying to find help!
How-To: Setting Out of Office Auto-Reply in Web Outlook
Web Outlook Reading Pane
Background: The reading pane (or pain?) can be a real nuisance and is turned on by default. This how-to shows you how to disable the reading pane.
How-To: Disabling the Web Outlook Reading Pane
Utilizing the Content Management System (CMS)
Background: The Content Management System (CMS) is a rich, web-based interface that gives you the ability to control and maintain the content for your dept's website within the overall UMES Website. Various topics routinely encountered by site owners and contributors are covered in detail and available here for your reference.
How-To: Utilize the Content Management System (CMS)